Earlier this week, a worker was killed during a protest outside a power plant in the northern village of El Tarh near Alexandria.

The plant's management said protesters had tried to storm the building, prompting a police officer assigned to the premises to respond. Shots were fired and a 27-year-old man was reportedly killed in the incident.

The protesters have denied their claims, saying that they were demanding jobs and not trouble.

"Where does this officer get off shooting at us with an automatic rifle? After the revolution, we thought we can ask for our rights. We live right next to this massive plant and our children are jobless," one worker said.